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Monday, 14 January 2019

Atheism grows in Turkey as Recep Tayyip Erdogan urges Islam
(Tunca Ögreten, Deutsche Welle)

Poroshenko decorates 2 metropolitans who joined new church from UOC with Order of Prince Yaroslav Mudry
(Interfax-Religion)

Ukrainian parliament seeks to help new church
(Nezavisimaia Gazeta, Russia Religion News)

Georgian president doesn't hurry to congratulate Ukraine on granting autocephaly
(Interfax-Religion)

Rights activists report detention of 40 LGBT in Chechnya, Grozny official says it's 'absolute lie'
(Interfax-Religion)

Malawi archbishop calls on government to stop ritual murder of albinos
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Vatican, Venezuela bishops play ‘good cop/bad cop’ with Maduro
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Church in South Sudan laments continuing violence
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Women strive for larger roles in male-dominated religions
(David Crary, Associated Press)

‘McJesus’ sculpture sparks outrage among Israel’s Christians
(Areej Hazboun and Isabel Debre, Associated Press)

Attacks on places of worship: Armed groups raise the stakes in the Central African Republic
(CSWPress, FoRB in Full (a blog by CSW))

In China, they’re closing churches, jailing pastors – and even rewriting scripture
(Lily Kuo, The Guardian)

NGO: Let Christian Palestinian grandma visit father’s grave on army base
(Yonah Jeremy Bob, The Jerusalem Post)

The schoolgirls who warned of Rwanda's genocide
(James Dacre, The Guardian)

Church in DRC urges pressure on electoral commission over disputed vote
(Catholic News Agency)

Children must see the faith lived at home, pope tells parents
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)

As US exits Syria, what will define Moscow's Mideast policy in 2019?
(Maxim A. Suchkov, Al-Monitor)

Is Sisi good for Egypt’s Christians?
(Marlo Safi, The Wall Street Journal)

Egypt extends state of emergency
(Claire Evans, International Christian Concern)

Christians rejoice as Egypt forms committee to combat sectarianism
(Menna A. Farouk, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Egyptians decry Pompeo's 'ode to Israel' from Cairo
(Shahira Amin, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

In northern Kenya, al-Shabab militants target Christian teachers
(Doreen Ajiambo, Religion News)

Assad promises to rebuild Armenian church
(Claire Evans, International Christian Concern)

Archbishop to attend public hearing on 2008 Kandhamal riots
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)

Malaysian Prime Minister says government will be “sensitive to all religions”
(Gina Goh, International Christian Concern)

Series of attacks on Christians in eastern Uganda leaves community in fear
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)

Chinese stream of life house church raided by police
(Gina Goh, International Christian Concern)

'If you enter a camp, you never come out': inside China's war on Islam
(Lily Kuo, The Guardian)

Turkey to build first-ever church in its modern republic
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)

Turkey's first modern-day church to be built in Istanbul
(Daily Sabah)

Homes destroyed, residents evicted in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City
(Radio Free Asia)

Pakistan wants to reform madrassas. Experts advise fixing public education first
(Diaa Hadid, National Public Radio)

Daniel Philpott on Religious Freedom in Islam
(Law and Religion Forum)

India’s gov’t boosts massive Hindu festival, eyeing election
(Emily Schmall, Associated Press)

World's largest religious festival to kick off in India
(Deutsche Welle)

India slaps cases against critics of plan to grant citizenship to non-Muslims
(Zarir Hussain, Reuters)

'Not acceptable': Indian army backs gay sex ban despite decriminalisation
(The Guardian)

Ahead of visit, Putin gets church in Serbia named after him
(Dusan Stojanovic, Associated Press)

Saturday, 12 January 2019

Protests against Asia Bibi's acquittal: SC orders victims be compensated within 30 days
(Geo News)

Pakistan's Supreme Court orders government compensation to victims of protesters
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Gunmen kill 4 volunteers guarding southern Thailand school
(Associated Press)

33 Vietnamese Christians are attacked, raided after they refuse to worship Buddha
(Kayla Koslosky, Christian Headlines)

Venezuelan bishops denounce Maduro's new presidential term as illegitimate
(Catholic News Agency)

Pope's Romania trip confirmed for early summer
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)

Hamas, PA suspicious of Israel's new webcast
(Adnan Abu Amer, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Hundreds mark Jesus baptism at historic Jordan site
(AFP, Al-Monitor: Jordan Pulse)

Regional powers stick with Bashir as Sudan protests mount
(AFP, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)

Pakistani Christian faces forced deportation from U.K.
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)

China now demands “church-free zones” near schools
(Gina Goh, International Christian Concern)

Turkish court rules against compulsory religion class
(Claire Evans, International Christian Concern)

Indian high court rules in favor of American doctor and religious freedom
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)

Christian leaders in Nigeria call for peaceful general elections
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)

Vietnamese authorities bulldoze homes in predominantly Catholic area
(Gina Goh, International Christian Concern)

Local government takes steps to protect Christian graveyard in Pakistan
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)

Philippine president renews attack on Catholic church
(Gina Goh, International Christian Concern)

Pro-Uighur protests in Indonesia shadowed by ominous domestic politics
(Nithin Coca, Religion News)

Resolved to unplug? Films, challenges urge the religious to reflect on digital lives
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News)

Friday, 11 January 2019

Can a 14-year old girl decide on permanent infertility, facial hair and a male voice?
(John Carpay, The Post Millennial)

Thursday, 10 January 2019

On reforming the world and reforming character
(Jan Klabbers, EJIL: Talk!)

Baptist church in Russian occupied Crimea shut down
(Interfax-Religion)

Hong Kong Catholics mourn bishop amid political struggles
(Associated Press)

Russian media regulator probes BBC quoting IS leader
(Associated Press)

Turkey prepares for historic church construction
(Claire Evans, International Christian Concern)

Will 2019 be a more peaceful year for India’s Christians?
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)

Malaysia Islamic party warns believers of Hell if led by non-Muslim leaders
(Gina Goh, International Christian Concern)

Church grows in Qatar despite challenges
(Claire Evans, International Christian Concern)

If Georgia recognizes Ukraine's autocephaly, Russia to recognize Abkhaz Church's independence - Burjanadze
(Interfax Religion)

Georgian Church needs time to decide on recognizing Ukraine's autocephaly
(Interfax Religion)

New Jerusalem ‘Apartheid Road’ opens, separating Palestinians and Jewish settlers
(Nir Hasson, Haaretz)

Pakistan: Muslim clerics denounce radicalism
(Kamran Chaudhry, Eurasia Review)

More than 100 Oxford clergy criticise bishops’ LGBTI guidance
(Madeleine Davies, Church Times)

Vietnam Christians beaten, arrested for refusing to worship Buddha and renounce faith in Jesus
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

China forces church to take down first commandment given to Moses
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

China bans one of the Ten Commandments as part of ‘national policy’
(Michael Foust, Christian Headlines)

Cardinal Tagle at Black Nazarene celebration: Be a devotee, not a fanatic
(Catholic News Agency)

Gulf states slowly warm to Damascus
(Giorgio Cafiero, Al-Monitor: Gulf Pulse)

Somali Christians continue to survive by worshiping in secret
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)

Wednesday, 9 January 2019

Forced eviction in Catholic community of Loc Hung leaves hundreds of families homeless and destitute, including many political activists
(The 88 Project)

Malaysia's leaders should only be Muslims, says cleric
(Victor Merrick, UCA News)

The cone of silence around China’s Muslim ‘gulags’
(Ishaan Tharoor, The Washington Post)

Putin disavows crackdown on Jehovah’s Witnesses, giving hope to detained
(Marc Bennetts, Religion News Service)

BJP govt polarising the country on the basis of religion: Tarun Gogoi
(Times of India)

Got news? It is significant that an Anglican bishop's same-sex wedding was not big news?
(Terry Mattingly, Get Religion)

Crimea: "Anti-missionary" prosecutions double in 2018
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

Misuse of psychiatry in assessing religious behavior
(Religiia i Pravo, Russia Religion News)

Christians concerned about religious freedom if Turkey enters Syria
(Dale Gavlak, Catholic News Service)

Indonesian archbishop urges Catholics to ditch use of plastic bags
(Catholic News Service)

Synagogue to host World Youth Day pilgrims in Panama
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Huge crowd of Filipino Catholics gathers amid terror fears
(Jim Gomez, Associated Press)

Philippine opposition leader calls Pres. Duterte’s attacks on Church ‘sickening’
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

What Catholics can learn from protests of the past
(Mara Willard, The Conversation)

Tuesday, 8 January 2019

Tajikistan’s tiny Orthodox community celebrates Christmas
(Eurasia Net)

Free Yezidi Foundation report: Withdrawal of US troops from Syria
(Free Yezidi Foundation)

Protest against Muslim group draws flack in Indonesia
(Ryan Dagur, UCA News)

Blue Christmas: On January 7th, Egypt’s Copts celebrate a sad Christmas
(The Economist)

Egypt's Sisi opens mega-mosque and Middle East's largest cathedral in New Capital
(Reuters)

Two women enter a temple. A country erupts.
(Supriya Nair, The New York Times)

China has launched a massive campaign of cultural extermination against the Uighurs
(The Washington Post)

China’s Xinjiang tour should have fooled no one
(Sophie Richardson, Human Rights Watch)

President Poroshenko calls on world's Orthodox churches to recognize OCU
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)

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